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| : (Outfit: ''waldorf Bing''; Hair: ''city gurl'' from ''Gurl6''; Wings: ''Candie Apple''; Skin: ''Opium'' from ''Alaska Metropolitan''; Shape: a lot of time in Edit Appearance by Tid Kidd)'' | | {{visl |
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| If you'd like to know more about me, then please just click my SL profile (you can do that from Search>People). This page isn't about me as such, it's intended to help newbies, as there isn't an easily-available, single-source, widely-known resource to help new arrivals. This is a great pity, as newbies have so much to deal with (I vividly remember my first few days!), that a good single source of help ought to exist to provide answers to those 'oh so common' newbie questions.
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| | Not In World, but getting Offline IMs. And also, get me more biscuits, I ran out. NOW! |
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| | 私は非常に基本的な日本語を話します |
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| My own experiences as a ''newbie'' in Second Life - the first few difficult days - has led me to give this little guide to the sort of questions you may well have in your own early days. But remember - I am not you, so you will want to know other things which are not covered here. So, use your Help menu, go to '''Help Island Public''', but best of all, talk to other residents: not only will you get answers to your questions but you will also make friends. ''Friends are your most valuable resource in Second Life.''
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| | サポートのために行ってください - [http://secondlife.com/support secondlife.com/support] |
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| ==='''Hair'''===
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| Whatever your reasons for joining SL, you will want to shed your ''newbie'' look as soon as possible. The very first thing to do then, is to get some free hair (Gurl6 and Calla are two places where newbies who are less than 2 weeks old can get free hair). Nothing looks so ''newbie'' as newbie hair. Before you wear your new hair...
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| | 素晴らしい日を持ってください : D |
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| * right-click your new hair in Inventory, choose '''Wear''' - it will go on top of the bald look. Enjoy!
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| | A bit about me : ) |
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| ==='''Appearance'''===
| | I love people, my friends and to make new friends. I love different cultures, places and people. I love meeting people from all over the world, and experiencing new things. I love art, and photography. I love taking pictures, and hope to improve my skills at that. I love color or colour or however you wanna spell it! : D I also love to know about interesting things, and to be involved. I try to understand everything, though I'm not always able to. I question almost everything : ) |
| Completing the '''Edit Appearance''' tutorial should be high on your To Do list. You can make literally 000's of changes to your body shape, skin, hair, etc, using a set of fine-tuning controls in Edit Appearance mode (I'm sure you did the tutorial but just in case... right-click your avatar, choose Appearance.. from the menu). But, please be aware...
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| ''The Great Appearance Paradox''
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| There is something you need to be aware of early on - I had to learn this the hard way, and I still don't know the ideal answer... Let's say
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| you have made many changes to your avatar in Edit Appearance and you are pleased with the result; your shape and your face are totally
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| "you". Then one day, someone points out that your skin is still "newbie" and you discover the wonderful world of beautiful skins you can buy.
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| So, you go and buy a lovely skin, but the first thing you notice is that your face has changed somewhat - it is very nice but it is not the
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| "you" which you spent so long creating. So you go into Edit Appearance to reset yourself and you find to your horror - the skin is not
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| Basically, you have three choices:
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| 1. You can live without a new skin and be content with the "real you", albeit newbie
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| 2. You can buy a skin that is ''slightly modifiable'' - as I did in the picture above - and tweak it as much as you can or want
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| 3. You can win the lottery and hire a designer to build you the perfect "you" in a custom-made skin; but ... this will be VERY expensive!
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| | [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Meghan_Dench/Wiki_Pages Wiki Pages] - you can help me with these! : D |
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| ==='''Saving avatar changes before you wear a new shape or a skin'''=== | | == Contact == |
| So - before you buy, read the above carefully! If you like the "you" which you have created (shape and skin and eyes, or even hair!), then the first thing to do is save each of those components. '''Rule #1 - always save your Edit Appearance changes'''. When saving a new version of yourself, always go into '''Edit Appearance''', click ''shape'', ''skin'', and ''eyes'' in turn and for each - '''Save As''', and give it a name you will remember. Or, a quick and complete way to do it is to click the '''Make Outfit''' button in Edit Appearance. This button is very useful - you can use it not just to create clothing outfits, but also to save different versions of yourself.
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| To save changes to your avatar as a complete set:
| | '''Skype:''' Screen Name: Meghan Dench Skype ID: first.meta.uk |
| * check ''shape'', ''skin'', ''eyes'' in Make Outfit
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| It will be saved into your ''Clothing'' folder in your '''Inventory'''.
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| | '''email:''' dench.meghan@googlemail.com |
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| ==='''Wearing clothes'''===
| | '''Yahoo Messenger:''' [Yes] meghan_dench |
| You can find a general set of clothing in the ''Library'' folder (bottom of your Inventory). This holds clothing and shapes for all the default SL avatar shapes.
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| * (i) you can right-click any item of clothing and choose ''Wear'' from the menu.
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| * (ii) you can drag an item of clothing onto your avatar.
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| * (iii) you can drag an entire outfit you saved in your ''Clothing'' folder onto your avatar.
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| Clothing has special properties - it will 'wrap' itself around your avatar, so if you have a dramatically different avatar shape in your Inventory, the same item of clothing can be used on either shape without needing to be refitted.
| | '''Flickr:''' http://www.flickr.com/photos/meghandench/ |
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| | == MY QUOTES: == |
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| ==='''What happened to my first island? Where am I?'''===
| | [16:43] EnusBot2 LLQABot: Dench i Love You M.E.G.S. |
| When people start in Second Life, they always do '''Orientation''' on a special '''Orientation Island''' (the one with the volcano, the castle, etc) until they have mastered a few essential skills and completed a few tasks. However, some new residents manage to bypass this altogether, while others may find themselves unable to return to it if they went to ''Help Island'' in the middle of orientation. So, if you find yourself suddenly on a grassy knoll, surrounded by exotic-looking avatars all chatting happily away to each other, you have probably got to '''Orientation Island Public''' which is in Second Life itself. This is an educational resource available to all residents at any time. And once you are out of the first orientation island, there is no way back to it (except for Mentors and Linden employees known as ''Lindens'').
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| But hey - relax! You can do all the tutorials in '''Orientation Island Public''' at your own pace and speed; you can meet new friends there, many of them experienced and established residents; '''Help Island Public''' is a short fly away to the West, where more help is available plus free shopping to get you started, and another chance to learn about SL.
| | [18:03] Elisheba Rossini: bleeding monkey.... go to sleep |
| | [18:03] Meghan Dench: LOL |
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| | [22:45] Enus Linden: megs, sorry you slept [22:45] Enus Linden: i know you hate4 sleep [22:45] Enus Linden: is such a shame... |
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| | [3:51] Meghan Dench: I |
| | [3:51] Meghan Dench: <3 |
| | [3:51] Meghan Dench: U |
| | [3:51] Meghan Dench: . |
| | [3:51] James Benedek: you are less than 3 of me? |
| | [3:51] Meghan Dench: ? |
| | [3:51] Meghan Dench: LOL |
| | [3:51] James Benedek: lmao |
| | [3:51] James Benedek: :P |
| | [3:52] Meghan Dench: Cute : P |
| | [3:52] James Benedek: only a nerd would say that XD |
| | [3:52] Meghan Dench: haha |
| | [3:52] James Benedek: hahah |
| | [3:52] Meghan Dench: Not a nerd |
| | [3:52] Meghan Dench: LOL |
| | [3:52] James Benedek: if im not a nerd what am i ? :P |
| | [3:52] Meghan Dench: Cute : P |
| | [3:53] James Benedek: aww |
| | [3:53] Meghan Dench: hehe |
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| ==='''Friends and Groups'''===
| | [12:28] Yukia Epin: I'll Miss you megs! :) |
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| Ok, hopefully by now you have a few friends in Second Life and you are familiar with looking to see if they are online ('''Communicate''' button, bottom left, then the '''Contacts''' tab). And assuming you haven't messed around too much with your Preferences, you get that blue popup telling you when they are online or offline (and the more friends you get, and the more blue popups you get, the more you may start to think about those Preferences...!) But - what are those little symbols next to your friends' names in the list? They actually are different ''privileges'' you can give to your friends...:
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| * '''the Eye symbol''' (''online status - the default is '''On''' '') : it simply says that this friend can see your ''online status'' - the blue popup I mentioned before? With any friend highlighted, if you uncheck the first box at the bottom of the list, that friend will no longer see your online status - in fact, as soon as you check it, they will get a blue popup telling them you are ''offline'', even though you're not.
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| * '''the blue & green square''' (''Map privileges - the default is '''Off''' '') : if you check ''Map privileges'' at the bottom, you are giving this friend the ability to see ''where you are on the Map'' when you are online. So they can see you and teleport to you whenever they want to, so be sure of someone before you give this privilege. And what you ''don't'' get is the ability to see ''them'' on the Map - they have to give the same privilege to you separately.
| | [12:33] Yukia Epin: -I Wuz Here- |
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| * '''the little boxes''' (''Modify objects privileges - the default is '''Off''' '') : if you check ''Modify my objects'' at the bottom, you are giving this friend the power to modify any of your objects which you have given to them - no matter what permissions the object itself may have. Be VERY careful about giving this privilege. In fact I only gave it once so far, so that the Creator of an outfit I had just bought could give me a special fitting (it was too big for me) - and the privilege was removed once the transaction was over. Again, like Map privileges, it only works in one direction.
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| ==='''Where do I get money?'''===
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| Another very common question. Actually, it is possible to live in Second Life with no money at all, or to get by on very little. There are '''freebie shops''' and '''freebie warehouses''' which you can use your ''Search button'' to find. If you are building or getting a home, then money is a consideration of course. So for a few ideas of how to get Linden dollars, go to [[Tid_Kidd_UseTips]].
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| * (i) '''low pay from ''camping'' '''
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| * (iv) '''competitions and prizes'''
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| * (v) '''the easy way from buying L$'''
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| * (vi) '''the long road - ''full professional immersion'' '''
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| ==='''Buying, Opening, Wearing'''===
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| You've found a store and you've admired the hair in the picture on the wall - what do you do now? In Second Life, buying is nearly always a matter of right-clicking the picture and choosing '''Buy''' (sometimes '''Pay''') from the Pie menu. A window will open showing the contents of the item you clicked and a ''Buy'' and ''Cancel'' button - if you click the '''Buy''' button a blue popup will appear with a ''Ker-ching!'' showing you have paid the Seller for the item. Even if the item is free (L$0) you still have to "buy" it.
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| Now, go to your inventory. Sometimes the item will be there (in Clothing folder for example) ready to wear, more often it will be a folder in the general area beneath the Trash icon, with the items inside the folder. However, sometimes it will be a ''box'' in your Objects folder.
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| '''Help! I'm wearing a box'''. We've all been there lol. Right-clicked an item in Objects we've bought, chosen '''Wear''' from the menu, and suddenly our avatar is partly hidden beneath a brightly coloured package or box! Why? Because a box contains more than one item - it could be 4 colours of a hairstyle, each in 3 different sizes, there will be a landmark to the store, maybe a notecard too. A box is something you have to '''Open'''. ''To open it...
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| ''Summary'': Right-click the picture in the store to purchase items; find the item as a folder name in your inventory in order to wear what you've bought; open boxes and copy to inventory.
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| ==='''Crashes, Sim crashes, Logouts, Region restarts'''===
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| Sometimes it seems you can go for days without anything except the occasional crash, then other times it seems crashes are every few minutes. Then there are times you seem to get a "warning" before you crash.
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| * '''Client crash'''. Basically, your Second Life client has crashed on your computer, and you get something like ''Second Life has unexpectedly Quit'' (at least you do on the Mac, it will be something similar on PCs). Inworld, other residents will simply notice you disappear and hopefully reappear a few minutes later. When you relog after one of these crashes you will experience one of SL's '''bugs''': your first attempt will fail with "Region has begun the logout process, please try again in a minute", which is very irritating.
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| * '''Sim crash'''. There you are, sitting at a SL gig, watching and listening happily. Then after a while, you notice that that guy who was walking away a few minutes earlier is ''still'' walking away (in the same spot!); you are sending IM messages or replying to them, but suddenly you realise you are not receiving any; no-one is chatting; finally, you try to stand, or walk, and nothing happens. Clearly something is wrong. The big clue is to look at your Mini Map: if the region has turned a reddish colour, it means the sim itself has crashed, and no-one can tell anyone what has happened - indeed, the audio stream may be coming in fine. The only thing to do is to relog - if the sim is back online you will return there, otherwise you will be placed in a nearby region instead.
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| All the labels you see attached to items in your Inventory can be very confusing to new residents - No Copy, No Transfer, No Modify... what's all that about? It is actually the system that governs what you can do while you own items, and how - if at all - you can dispose of them.
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| '''No Modify'''. Exactly as it says - if you right-click a ''No Modify'' item, you will not have the option to ''Edit'' it. You may now be the ''Owner'' of that particular item, but its ''Creator'' does not want you to alter or mess with it in any way. You will rarely see this on hair for example, as most hair designers recognise that you will want to make slight edits for a perfect fit.
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| '''No Copy'''. Again, exactly as it says - you cannot make copies of the item, i.e. to sell or give away. So, when you buy a posh dress, you will see that most parts of the dress - "pants", "shirt", etc - are ''not'' No Copy, but the most important part - the skirt - is. So, what do you need to remember about '''No Copy'''?
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| ''Summary'': ''No Modify'' - you cannot edit; ''No Copy'' - you can give it away but you will lose it; ''No Transfer'' - you cannot give this (or sell) to another resident.
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| ==='''Simple Editing'''===
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| If you learn to build in Second Life, you will use the '''Edit''' window a lot, but even a new resident needs to fix her hair! This section is a brief introduction to simple editing, using your new ''prim hair'' as an example.
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| There is a '''More >>''' button which expands the ''Edit window'' to show its full options and potential. If you feel confident, click this and have a look - but for a newcomer, what I've described here will get you a long way.
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| Pictures in Second Life are called '''Textures''' - you can take snapshots of anything you see on your screen but there are three ways of having your pictures in Second Life: '''Postcards''', '''Snapshots''', or '''Save to disk'''. To take a picture, use the shortcut ''Ctrl-Shift-S'' (''Command-Shift-S'' on Mac), and you will see the picture window open. Here you can check one of the three choices (see below); you can also define the ''image size'', the ''image quality'', and various other elements you can choose to include or exclude from the final shot (e.g. the User Interface, HUDs, etc). Finally, at the bottom you will see a ''preview'' of the shot which you can then keep or discard.
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| * '''Send a postcard''' - if you choose this option, you will get a further window with the option to send the picture to someone's email address with or without a message, and / or publish on the web. If you '''Send''' the picture, you will be charged 10L$ from your account.
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| * '''Upload a snapshot''' - this actually does not really ''upload'' at all; what it does is place the picture you have taken into your '''Snapshots''' folder in your Inventory, and this will cost you 10L$.
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| * '''Save snapshot to hard drive''' - this is the most commonly used option, as this is the only one of the three that does not cost you any L$! The first picture you take will bring up a dialogue box prompting you to choose a folder on your hard drive where you want the picture to be saved, as soon as you take the picture. (For more pictures during the same session, it will not prompt you.) Whether you remain inworld or logout of SL, the pictures will be on your computer's hard drive for you to view, to upload to Flickr, send to friends, work with in Photoshop, trash, or anything you want.
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| However, you may wish to '''upload''' some of the pictures you saved to your hard drive, or indeed, upload some actual RL photographs or designs of your own. To do this, make sure you first locate the picture(s) on your computer, then when inworld, click the '''File''' menu, and choose '''Upload Image'''. You will be prompted to locate the picture (which must be in JPEG or PNG format), then asked to confirm. After the upload has completed, you will be charged 10L$ (per item), and the image will appear (or begin to appear!) on your screen. All uploaded pictures will be be found in your '''Textures''' folder in inventory, where pictures given you by other residents will also live.
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| ==='''Animation, AO, HUD'''===
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| These are all different ways to operate or animate your avatar, and can be confusing terms for the new resident.
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| '''Animation'''. An animation is a single item that will basically take over your avatar, and put it in a pose or in a fixed animation like a walk or a dance. The principles to remember are these :
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| * You ''play'' an animation, you don't wear it - '''Play In World''' starts the animation going, then needs to be ''Stopped''. (You can see this by right-clicking the animation in your inventory - the menu contains the Play options but not Wear).
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| * '''Play Locally''' will let you see the animation in your own viewer but no-one else will see it, so you can preview it.
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| * A common animation is something you get when you click a Danceball in a club; a blue popup will ask ".... would like to animate your avatar". Clicking '''Yes''' starts the dance, and often the Danceball contins the '''Stop''' option also, or will automatically stop if you simply touch it again.
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| * You can usually still move with your arrow keys when in an animation, but the animation will continue - so you can move across the dancefloor while dancing for example.
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| '''Animation Override (AO)'''. There is a basic set of animations contained within every new avatar provided when you start Second Life. These govern how you sit, walk, fly, stand, etc. Some residents dislike this standard set, others (including me) are quite happy with most of them. However, one thing most people are agreed upon is that the "waddle" that is the standard walk is something to replace as soon as possible!
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| So an AO will ''override'' one or more of the basic animations in your avatar. So, you can buy a ''sexy walk'' that only replaces the ''waddle'', and nothing else, or you can get an AO that replaces most or all of the animations in the standard set.
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| An override is different than an animation, though...
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| * You '''Wear''' an AO, you don't play it.
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| * The AO only comes into effect when your avatar does something that will activate it - fly, walk, sit, stand, etc. At other times - just as with the standard set - it does not take effect.
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| * Sometimes an AO will interfere with other animations - so when at a disco and clicking the Dancball, you may need to ''Detach'' the AO in order for the animation to work properly; just right-click and detach it.
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| * Some AOs - like the large mammal ones from Grendels Children - are extremely complex and sophisticated.
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| '''HUD'''. Heads Up Display. This is something that instead of attaching to your avatar, attaches to your User Interface (UI). Every new resident has one when they first start - it's that Orientation Guide that is on the top left of your screen and which invites you to click arrows etc as you move through the tutorials. The important thing to remember with an HUD is that it is an extension of the UI, i.e. it gives you extra controls or actions to perform that are independent of your avatar controls. Many games within SL rely on a HUD to give you the controls you need to play the game.
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| ==='''What do I do now?'''===
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| You've just started. You're new, you're confused, this is like no other game you ever played. What do you do?
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| First, Second Life is not really a game. It's an ''online community'' where residents shape their world. So don't go looking for "levels" you have to attain, or status, or skills that have to be completed, or ''bosses'' that must be defeated. This is a place where you are free to meet, to chat, to explore, to join groups, to build, to trade, make friends (and enemies too - it can happen! just as in real life). So take time. Right-click on a few residents, read their ''Profiles'', see which groups they have joined. See if they have any ''Picks'' (favourite places). And don't forget - write your own Profile too - it helps get over those first few awkward moments of small talk, which can be as painfully dull or shy as anything in Real Life, and it gives other residents something to chat to you about.
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| Don't be in a hurry. Second Life is so vast you will never uncover all of it. But perhaps this is a challenge to you, and you want to explore, mapping your way as you go. Maybe you are the resident who is going to compile ''The Rough Guide To Second Life''? That would be amazingly useful to residents, both old and new alike.
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| ==='''Useful Tips'''===
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| For some "Useful Tips" to use in your Second Life, go to [[Tid_Kidd_UseTips]]
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| and don't forget...
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| '''Torley Linden's Tip Of The Week''' - If you are already signed up to the Linden Blog, you will know about these. If not, go to your account on the SL website and sign up - some of the tips are quite advanced, but if you keep them they will be a useful resource in the future.
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